LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Duke of Kent President the Duke of Atholl Chairman and Rear Admiral W J Graham
The Duke of Kent, president, the Duke of Atholl, chairman and Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, director of the RNLI. Beyond them, the Lady Mayoress and Lord Mayor of Westminster and RNLI vice-chairman, Mr Michael Vernon.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Event Organiser and Lifeboat Crew Member James Brook (Left) With Two Happy Looking Competitors.
Event organiser and lifeboat crew member James Brook (left) with two happy looking competitors.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'It’s a good time to hang up my sou’wester. I’m leaving a trim and healthy organisation.'
On the eve of his retirement, the RNLI’s most influential Master Mariner looks back on 40 years at ‘the sharp end’ ...
Michael Vlasto, RNLI Operations...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy & the Steamers The S.S. Larchwood and The S.S. Burma
.—At 9 A.M. on 27th January the Life-boat Motor Mechanic and Bowman put out in the boarding dinghy to run the Life- boat's engines, and hang out riding lights. As they were rowing out to the moorings a dense fog settled. They missed the...
Services of the Life-Boats In July, August and September. 138 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
Lifeboat Services In March, April, May, June and July. 260 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
The American Steamer Santa Cecilia, of New York and The Destroyer Camp
NOVEMBER 18TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. The American steamer Santa Cecilia, of New York, had collided with the American escorting destroyer Camp, but other vessels took them in tow. - Rewards, £10 4s..
Shoreline
Shoreline Section WITH LITTLE publicity, Shoreline is now making a major contribution to the Institution's funds and it is hoped that this year enough will be raised to pay the cost of an offshore lifeboat.
Membership...
Category: Articles
Spurn Head Lifeboat Station By Christopher R Elliott
WHEN i WORKED for a weekly newspaper in the late 1940s on the Grimsby/ Cleethorpes side of the Humber I used to dream of visiting Spurn Head on the Yorkshire side. Certainly, when viewed through one of the telescopes on the front on a clear...
Category: Articles
A Boat
Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 7.10 on the morning of the 26th of April, 1957, the life-boat coxswain was told that a small boat was missing from the harbour.
There were marks in the sand indicat- ing that she had been dragged...